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FIGURE WHEELED TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1917.

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Application filed May 9, 1917. Serial Ito. 167,308.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that T, FRANK R. CARDINAL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden E and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Tm roved Figure Wheeled Toy, ofwhich the ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. Theinvention relates to toys of the ani- 16 mated figure type actuated by aspring motor.

The details of construction, arrangement and operation of the inventionare as hereinafter described and particularly specified 16 in the claim.4

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation ofthe toy simulating a pig and with parts of the body shown in elevationand parts of 26 the frame broken out: and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with parts of the body broken out.

The body is made hollow and its head 11 is connected by a flexible neck12 with 23 the body to allow movement of the head, as hereinafter morefully explained. The flexible connection 12 is preferably made ofleather or a similar flexible material, and which forms the covering forthe body 10.

to The head- 11 is also interiorlyconnected with the body by a hinge 13,the pintle 14 of which is disposed upward to allow the head to swingsidewise. The fore legs 16 and 17 I and the hind legs 18 and 19 arepreferably 36 made hollow, and are flexibly connected with the body by acovering of leather or a similar material which forms a continuation ofthe covering. By the arrangement described, the legs 16, 17, 18 and 19can read- 46 ily swing forward and backward to imitate walking or"running of the animal. Through the fore legs 16 and 17 extend levers20, 21, and through the hind legs 18 and 19 extend levers 23, 24, andthe upper ends of the I at levers 20 and 21 are mounted to swingindependently one .of the other on a pivot pin 25 held on'a frame 26located within the said body 10 and attached thereto. The upper ends ofthe levers 23 and 2 1 for the 66 hind legs 18 and 19 are mounted toswing one independently of the other on a pivot 27 mounted at the rearportion of the frame 26.

The fore le s 16 and 17 are connected at or near their crum ends withthe levers 20 66 and 21 by transverse pins 28, and similar pins 29connect the hind legs 18and 19 with their levers 23 and 24:. The levers20 and 21 i are provided near their fulcrum ends with angular offsets 30and 31 connected by links 32 and 33 with cranks 3 1,35 of a crank shaft36 journaled in the frame 26. The levers 23, 2d are provided near theirupper ends with angular arms 37, 38 pivotally connected by links 39.-and 4:0 with the cranks 34: and above mentioned. The cranks 3d and 35extend diametrically opposite each other and hence the correspondinglevers 20 and 23 move simultaneously with each other in the samedirection and in an opposite direction to the movement given to thelevers 21 and 24 connected by the links 33 and 40 with the crank 35. Onthe crank shaft 36 is secured a pinion in mesh with a gear wheel 46mounted to rotate loosely on a transversely extending shaft 47 journaledin suitable bearings arranged on the frame 26. On the shaft 47 issecured a ratchet wheel d3 engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 49 fulcrumedon the gear wheel 46. A helical spring 50 is secured at its inner end onthe shaft 47 and at its outer end to thefraine 26, the said spring, theshaft 47, the gear wheel Adfthe ratchet wheel d8 and the pawl {19constitute a spring motor for driving the crank shaft 36. One end 51 ofthe spring motor shaft 47 is made polygonal and ex tends through anopening 52 formed in one side of the body 10 to permit the user to applya key for winding up the spring 50 whenever it is desired to do so.

In order to insure a uniform running of the spring motor, use is made ofa governor driven from the crank shaft 36. For this purpose the crankshaft 36 is provided with a gear wheel 61 in mesh with a gear wheel 62secured .on a shaft 63 journaled in the frame 26. On the shaft 63 issecured a worm wheel 64 in mesh with a vertically disposed worm 65having its shaft 66 journaled on the frame 26. The shaft 66 is providedwith vanes or wings 67 adapted to be engaged by the angular end 70 of astopping lever 71 pivoted on the rear end of the frame 26 and extendingdownwardly and rearwardly through a slot formed in the body of theanimal between the hind legs 18 and 19. Normally the stopping lever 71holds the governor 60 and consequently the motor against running, andwhen the lever 71 is swung with its outer end in a forward directionthen the arm 70 disengages the corresponding vane 67 to allow the'governor to run by the action of the spring 50. It is understood thatwhen the motor is running a rotary motion is given to the crank shaft 36whereby the links 32,

33, 39 and 40 impart a swinging movement to the levers 20, 21, 23,724 topropel the animal in a forward direction. In order to insure thismovement, the following arrangement is made: The lower end of each ofthe levers 20, 21, 23 and 24 projects below the bottom of thecorresponding leg 16, 17, 18 and 19, and on said lower end of each leveris journaled a toothed wheel 80 adapted to travel on the floor or othersurface and engaged by a pawl 81 fulcrumed on the corresponding lever toallow each wheel 80 to rotate in the direction of the arrows indicatedin Fig. 1, and to hold the same against return movement in the inversedirection of the said arrows. Thus during the forward movement of alever and its corresponding leg, the wheel thereon is allowed to rotate,and during the return or rearward swinging movement of the lever and itsleg, the wheel is held against rotation. By providing the wheels 80 withteeth a firm grip is bad on the table or surface and hence a properforward propelling of the animated toy is assured.

The head 11 is provided to one side of the pintle 14 of the hinge 13with an eye 90 engaged by the forward end of a link 91 connected withthe crank 35 of the crank shaft 36 so that when the latter is drivenfrom the spring motor a sidewise swinging movement is given to the head11.

In order to produce sounds corresponding to the character of the animalsimulated by the toy, use is made of a sound producer 100, of anyapproved construction, and arranged to produce sounds similar to thoseemitted by the animal simulated. The sound producer 100 is provided witha movable side spring-pressed member 101 adapted to swing up and downand provided with a rod 102 extending rearward into the path of a seriesof pins 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 arranged in a circle on the face of thegear wheel 46. The pins 105, 106and 107 are spaced equal distancesapart, while the pins 103 and 104 are spaced distances apart in excessof the distances between adjacent pins 105, 106 or 106 and 107, and thepin 103 is also placed a different distance from the pin 107, and thepin 104 is spaced another distance from the pin 105. The sound producerused in the particular case illustrated is designed to emit squealssimulating those of a pig, that is, the pins 105, 106 and 107 bysuccessively lifting and releasin the arm 102 produces two short squealsollowed by three long squeals by the pins 103 and 104 successivelyactuating the arm- 102.

In using the toy, it is only necessary to wind up the spring motor atthe time the starting lever 71 is in rearmost position, as shown in thedrawings, and then the toy is set on a table or other surface and thelever 71 is swung forward to release the governor and the spring motor.When this takes place the shaft 47 begins to rotate in the direction ofthe arrow indicated in Fig. 1, whereby, a rotary motion is given to thecrank shaft 36. The rotary motion of the crank shaft is transmitted bythe links 32, 33, 39, 40 to the leg levers '20, 21, 23, 24 to propel theanimal forward as above explained. During this forward movement the pins103, 104, 105, 106 and 107 actuate the movable member 101 of the soundproducer 100 to produce squeals in the order previously stated, thussimulating the squeals of a pig.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described a lever for a foreleg on one side of the body, and a lever for a hind leg on the oppositeside of the body, swing simultaneously rearward with their wheels 80locked so that they do not roll, while at the same time the levers forthe other legsswing forwardly with their wheels. rotating freely.

It is understood that vwhen the arm 102 drops off a pin 103,104, 105,106 or 107, the spring-pressedv member 101 closes and in doing so asound is emitted, and by spacing the pins apart as described theintervals between'the successive sounds is varied in the order set forthand according to the spring of the said pins.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent An animated toy, comprising a hollow body, asound-producer in bellows form located in the forward portion of saidbody and having its movable upper side provided with a rearwardlyprojecting arm; a spring motor, a motor driven gear in rear of thesound-producer, and a ratchet wheel mounted on the axis of said gear inalinement with the aforesaid arm of the sound-producer, as shown anddescribed.

FRANK R. CARDINAL.

